... for this study. © Emerald Publishing Limited 2020 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Socio-economic development Regional development Capability approach Bodoland Territorial Area District Economic development is commonly discussed in terms of wealth, labour force...

...Martin Plešivčák; Ján Buček Purpose Geographical disparities in the light of regional development constitute ever present issue affecting academic debates as well as decision process of policy makers also in the Central and East European countries, mainly during the last two decades. The purpose...

...). In this paper, we aim to provide a more in-depth analysis of the empirical potential and credibility of CBD as a concept for culture as a factor for regional development. In the sections that follow, we summarise the expose of the CBD theoretical approach and demonstrate how to approach the main CBD...

...Stefan Mann; Daniel Erdin Purpose The purpose of this paper is to test the hypothesis that for rural regions of Switzerland, jobs and enterprises do not have a positive effect on the quality of regional development in rural areas. Design/methodology/approach Population development is used...

... China Rural areas Regional development Agriculture Animals The Chinese Government has recently stepped up its campaign to “Develop the West” [1] . The desire to address poverty and widening gaps between both urban and rural areas and coastal and inland areas figured prominently in this push...

... treatment from the Central Government were considered as opposed to the national interests (that is, to those of the leading region), and were even regarded as “non‐patriotic”. © MCB UP Limited 1999 Brazil Central government Coffee Federal government Inequality Regional development...

.... © MCB UP Limited 1998 Development agencies Efficiency Equity Northern Ireland Regional development The notion that equity is a prerequisite for economic growth and should be pursued as a policy objective in its own right has gained widespread acceptance in the 1990s...

...Liqun Jia Following the catching‐up hypothesis and using new published provincial data, this paper examines Chinese regional productivity growth by way of catch‐up in the reform period. It provides a general catch‐up measurement and a special assessment for regional development “trickle‐down...

... Policy management Regional development Much has been revealed about the impact of the post‐1978 economic reforms in China on agricultural production and on development in agricultural areas (see, for example, Longworth (1989) and the references cited therein). However, there is a relative dearth...

... or disequilibrating in outcome. Implied in this question is the further question of regional equilibration or disequilibration in preferred economic and social indicators, since all indicators cannot be expected to move in the same direction. Economic growth Regional development Social economics Space...